Evidence for a curvilinear dose-response relationship between avoidance coping and drug use problems among women who experience intimate partner violence

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 722-732

  Weiss, Nicole H ^a   Duke, Aaron A ^a   Sullivan, Tami P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance coping; dose response relationship; drug use problems; emotion regulation; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907592697     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.899586     Document Type: Article

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